Alexandra Rose
Pronouns: She/Her • Broader Impacts Manager • Science Communication and Outreach Specialist • McMurdo and Niwot Long Term Ecological Research Programs
alexandra.rose@colorado.edu
303-492-6058

Dr. Alex Rose is an education and outreach professional with appointments through CU Science Discovery (CU's Department of Continuing Education), the Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology department. Her work is focused on communicating the research resulting from two long term National Science Foundation grants focused on the impacts of humans and climate change on the ecology of the Colorado alpine (Niwot Ridge LTER) and the Dry Valleys region of Antarctica (McMurdo-Dry Valleys LTER). With this work Alex teaches a science communication and outreach course for graduate students (EBIO6100), leads field trips for elementary through high school aged students focused on snow science, forest ecology and climate change (e.g. Snow School, Casey to Cal-Wood, the Mountain Research Experience, Forests and Fires Summer Research Experience, and Crest View BioBlitz). She is also passionate about "data literacy" and using data-driven art projects to engage relucant science learners in data analysis. 

 

 

Teen Science Cafe
The CU Science Discovery Teen Cafe engaged regional high school students for 10 years.
Alex and Jen leading Como Creek exploration
Alex and Jen Morse collaborate on Como Creek study with summer camps from Nederland.
students learn to core trees
Alex teaches tree coring to high school students at Cal-Wood Education Center
High School students learning how to do alpine plant ecology at Niwot Ridge
Field experiences for high school students allow them to learn first hand what ecological research is like. Here we're studying plant communities in the alpine tundra.
Measuring snow temperature
Dr. Alex and researchers from the Niwot Ridge LTER turn several hundred elementary and middle school students into snow scientists each winter.
Middle school students
Getting ready to teach snow science and forest ecology with Casey Middle school 8th graders at Cal-Wood.
students study snow
Casey MS Students study snow depth with Dr. Alex
students explain their projects
Students from Casey Middle school made climate artworks with Dr. Alex and brought them to the UN Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit in Dec 2022.
Child looks at Data Art project
Data Driven Art works can be community created and inspire close reflection on climate trends by people of all ages.